Ignoring InstructionsWhen I was small, a friend of mine waved a big plastic bottle at me and asked me if I "wanted some drinking yoghurt?" I pointed out the "do not drink" label, but no, he was convinced this was a big jug of a particularly strange, liquid yoghurt that was briefly popular in the 70s.
He was sick for hours, after consuming a suprisingly large quantity of washing liquid.
What instructions have you ignored?
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chthonic, Thu 4 May 2006, 11:24)
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"Always wear gloves"was the handy instruction on the industrial strength paint stripper tub. The sense of this should have been obvious from the claim that it could eat its way through 30 layers of paint in one go, but I thought it'll be alright, I'm not planning to get any on my hands. I did, causing the near instantanious disapearance of large chunks of skin, it hurt.
To cap it all, the alkali based paint stripper comes with an acetic acid neutraliser, i.e concentrated vinegar. A brilliant idea formed itself in my brain: "I'll neutralise the paint stripper". If you've been stupid enough to dissolve all the skin on your palm, the only thing more stupid you can do is douse it in vinegar in a bid to ease the pain.
(, Fri 5 May 2006, 15:21, Reply)
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